Dr. David R. Grube, MD

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Dr. Grube joined Compassion & Choices as one of its two Oregon and National medical directors in 2014. Dr. David Grube is Board Certified in Family Medicine and retired after practicing for 35 years. He continues to teach medical students.

He has been a leader in the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians and Oregon Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. He was honored as Oregon Medical Association Doctor Citizen of the Year in 2009. He was appointed to the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners (now Oregon Medical Board) in 2001, and served seven years, including two years as president. He was honored as Family Physician of the Year in 1986 by the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians.

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The difference between assisted suicide and aid in dying is great; suicide is voluntarily taking one's life, while aid in dying patients don't have a choice. Watch family medicine specialist David Grube, MD, discuss the difference in these concepts.

To choose aid in dying, a patient must fit certain criteria including a terminal diagnosis, and residency in certain states. Watch as family medicine specialist David Grube, MD, discusses these criteria, and shares the states where it's now legal.

It's important to talk to your doctor about your end-of-life wishes and complete an advance directive, so that the proper end-of-life care is administered to you. Watch family medicine specialist David Grube, MD, discuss why this conversation is key.

An advance directive form guides your health care provider in your end-of-life wishes. In this video, family medicine specialist David Grube, MD, explains why it's important to complete an advance directive, and include family in the discussion.

Assisted suicide and euthanasia are both illegal in all states; it's when someone else administers lethal medications to a patient. In this video, family medicine specialist David Grube, MD, explains how aid in dying practices are different.